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Marie Curie

(1867-1934)

Who Was Marie Curie?

Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person — man or woman — to win the award twice. With her husband Pierre Curie, Marie's efforts led to the discovery of polonium and radium and, after Pierre's death, the further development of X-rays. The famed scientist died in 1934 of aplastic anemia likely caused by exposure to radiation.

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: Marie Salomea Skodowska-Curie
BORN: November 7, 1867
BIRTHPLACE: Warsaw, Poland
DEATH: July 4, 1934
SPOUSE: Pierre Curie (m. 1895-1906)
CHILDREN: Irene Joliot-Curie, Eve Curie
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Cancer

Early Life and Education

Maria Sklodowska, later known as Marie Curie, was born on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw (modern-day Poland). Curie was the youngest of five children, following siblings Zosia, Józef, Bronya and Hela.

Both of Curie’s parents were teachers. Her father, Wladyslaw, was a math and physics instructor. When she was only 10, Curie lost her mother, Bronislawa, to tuberculosis.

As a child, Curie took after her father. She had a bri

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Maria Curie-Skłodowska was born on 7th November 1867 in Warsaw. She graduated from high school in Warsaw with a gold medal, after which she was a teacher for eight years. Initial preparations for experimental research in chemistry and physics took place in the laboratory at the Museum of Industry and Agriculture in Warsaw. From 1891-to 95, she studied at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in the Sorbonne, receiving BAs in physical and mathematical sciences. At the home of prof. Kowalski met Piotr Curie, whom she married in 1895 and took French citizenship.

Maria Curie-Skłodowska's first independent work on radioactivity (she proposed the name) was a break with the practices of contemporary researchers of new rays. First of all, Maria Curie-Skłodowska used a precise and sensitive electrometer instead of the photographic method, which gave only qualitative, unique and often erroneous results due to the quality of the plates of that time. Second, she investigated the available minerals, rocks and other substances.

This break with the past had an immediate breakthrough

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Marie Curie (1867 - 1934)

Marie Curie ©Marie Curie was a Polish-born physicist and chemist and one of the most famous scientists of her time. Together with her husband Pierre, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1903, and she went on to win another in 1911.

Marie Sklodowska was born in Warsaw on 7 November 1867, the daughter of a teacher. In 1891, she went to Paris to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne where she met Pierre Curie, professor of the School of Physics. They were married in 1895.

The Curies worked together investigating radioactivity, building on the work of the German physicist Roentgen and the French physicist Becquerel. In July 1898, the Curies announced the discovery of a new chemical element, polonium. At the end of the year, they announced the discovery of another, radium. The Curies, along with Becquerel, were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

Pierre's life was cut short in 1906 when he was knocked down and killed by a carriage. Marie took over his teaching post, becoming the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne, and devoted her